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Incredible vs. Incredulous
Incredible
/ɪnˈkredəbəl/Examples:
'Here?' 'Yes, and it was an incredible bird.He had his mother's deep brown eyes with the incredible lashes.'Just the idea of murder would have seemed incredible then.'
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Incredulous
/ɪnˈkrɛdjʊləs/Examples:
She was incredulous when she heard the surprising news.Their incredulous expressions said everything.He listened with an incredulous smile on his face.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Both words start with incred but have different endings, which indicate their meanings.
- Incredible ends with the suffix -ible, which indicates ability, meaning something is so extraordinary, it's almost not believable.
- Incredulous ends with -ulous, often used in words that describe a state of mind or manner, indicating disbelief.
- Remember, incredible describes the object, while incredulous describes the subject's reaction.
- Consider incredible as showing amazement and incredulous as showing skepticism.
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